It's popular in some circles to go the plague on both their houses! route when discussing politics. I understand the impulse, as an independent pose largely absolves one of responsibility for whatever the current disaster is.
But in an era where the brain of one party has been destroyed by the rage virus while the other is still just traditionally wretched, opting out is ceding the battlefield to the zombies. Heckling the massed hordes of diseased flesh eaters from your castle ramparts is cold comfort after they've devoured your countrymen.
This is why there are no 'moderate' Republicans. Even the best, most reasonable of them them are basically cheerleading the zombie horde's efforts to batter down the doors of your house and eat your family.
Voting D often involves holding your nose and having to deal with some zombie sympathizers who think we need to meet the zombies halfway, take their ideas seriously and negotiate with them in good faith, but that's still better than just throwing open the doors and hoping the zombies play nice once they get inside.
The definitive reply to both sides suck! is a random sampling of the actual legislative agenda of Team Zombie. Dems occasionally say or do something ridiculous or put forth an inane proposition, which are always trumpeted as proof that both sides suck!, but for every bad choice made by a dem you can find 50 infinitely worse ones made by a zombie. And they have a legislative signature every bit as indelible as the traditional zombie love of brains- by their works you shall know them.
Let's say I asked you which of our two main political parties was behind a proposal that foster children only be allowed to buy clothes from thrift stores.
Or, you heard that some politician wanted to repeal child labor laws.
You'd just know which team they were on by the toothmarks in the skull.
That's your difference.
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